The Nicodemus enterprise., 1887-09-14

Inc steamer Knickerbocker. of the Cror
wen line, from New York, overdue for sever,
oays' crossed the bar, at New Orleans. seDtep
oer \ &C o'clock this afternoon. Her Gre
ana passengers were all well. Her bnlw,rl
az were stove in BY the heavy seas.
speclal from Hastings, MINI. saws: Tv
= large barns of William Miles and son wo,
= 'iucA ~ hghtning Sunday night and burDe
~ 'ne ground. Twenty Norman horses ne,
o lsheo IN the flames and seventy tons Of ba
I was burned. The loss is $50 900.
The visible supply of grain for the veal
enuing August 90 as compiled by the secre
e l2fy oI the Chicago board of trade. was as fol
lows Wheat, 3l,99S,00O bushels; corn
< o'10O'ooo bushels; oats, 4,443,OOO bushels
7 "i'e' 4'OOo bushels; barley, 124, 600 bushels
Eugene Hairstone, mulatto about eigbtee,
e years ola' attempted to teloniously assaul-
nlSS eapp' beautiful young lady, nea,
greensboro, s. c., while she was returning from,
shOor'S mouse on Tuesday. He was placed
IL jail ana Thursday morning mob broke
INTO the jail and took the mulatto and hancaa
him. -
- = Ireely asserted in Grand Army circles
AZ 81 Louis that the question of who viii h
'ne next commander-in-chief of the order. is
=" "Ii-apSorblng one. tits said that there
{ now practically but two andidates in the
held Tor the Office, Gen. slocum. renresenttno
'le east' and Gen. Grier, of St. Louis. repre.
senting the west.
Inc state fair managers of Lincoln.
Nebraska, announce that they have secured
LOT three days at the coming fair, the ceIe-
prated trotter, Jay-Eye-See, the first visit If
tnlS celebrated horse in the western country.
Jay-Eye-See will trot Wednesday, September
H. against his record, and will remain on tho
grounds and be exhibited on the track the two
| following days
A rumOr is current at ST Cloud nr;,uo
sota' that E. E. Morse, prominent young
attorney, agent OF the Minnesota Loan and
trust company, and president of the E. r.
worse Mortgage Loan company, Of that city.
mas decamped. Parties well informed on his
affairs, state that his shortage will foot M
from $4,000 to $4,000.
Thos. G. Knott was arrested at New Al
oany, Indiana, on Monday, on a charge Of
using the United States mails for fraudulent
purposes. Last week he sent letters r.
Sumpter7ille, Florida, offering to sell a SIM.
ply OF $40 counterfeit bills at big discount |
The letters were returned to the chief Of NO. |
lice, who arrested Knott when he went TO the
pOstoffice for his mail.
A man riding in box car on the Omaha |
road was shot by couple of tramps who at
tempted to rob him, when he resisted, and.
jumping from Che car, one broke his leg. ne
cessitating amfputaHon. The wounded man
was brought to Lake Crystal, Minnesota
where 1t was found the bullet was in the
stomach, producing fatal wound. The
shooting occurred at at Iceland
a sensation occurred at Wyandotte. Kan.
sas, Friday, when in the trial OF Geo. HamD
ton, who is charged with completely In the
Wrecking Of a Missouri Pacific freight train
last spring, Fred Newport, also under indict-
ment Tor the same offense, took the stand and
turned states evidence Vassen, another
"recker, had done this at previons trial and
viewpoints confession corroborated Vassen's {
n every particular. He did not weaken on
,ross-examination.
1t Is probable that the loss Of the rice cron :
South Carolina viii exceed 100000. An 7
stlmate was made two weeks ago, and there r
very serious question now before the rice /
Ianters. 1t is what disposition to make of 4
ne negroes on their plantations until the t
rst OF next year. There Is no way for them L
earn living, and if nothing is done for 4
lem during the next four months they will d
-arve. -
DeadWood society is exercised over the re- ct
I'm Of indictments by the grand Jury W
5ainst many Of the leading business, politi. OF
4 and legal lights, for foraicatiop. These III
en- have kept mistresses openly a number OF W
'ars, and once before an effort was made to m
dict them, but failed. The success this of
ne Is popularity attributed to the fact that
e respectable ladies OF the place, tired of Al
state OF affairs, exercised their influence fo
the matter with the above result. er
United States Senator Hearst, Gov. Steven Gu
and Delegate Dubois recently held a con- %
'ence at shoshone, Idaho, regarding the al
opposed enlargement Of the boundaries Of IIo
aho with reference to statehood, which Idaho %
poets soon to demand with other territories. th'
nator Stewards scheme to annex Nevada to VI
mo has entirely collapsed. At this confer an
&c It was suggested that the Idaho line BE- Gel
ended northwaro through Montana, SO as ha
take in the Counties Of Beaverhead and ire
ssoula. $40
istt
oriental advices BY the steamer Belglc at at
Francisco state that the Chinese papers $40
ak at considerable length of the proposed thi.
bank, negotiations for sell
ch are said to have been conducted sue. per
sfully by Count Nitkewoz on behalf Of a
ladelphia syndicate. The capital is half
Of China and the management Jointly r
neFe and American. All government "a s
IS are to be negotiated By the bank and all Anc
ments for war material, public works and tota
ign embassies are to be made through the tho
< Paper money is to be issued under the
sanction ard the mint is to be =
er the charge Of the bank. 80
Chtnsman ard policeman assaiIed each duty
T with pistols Thursday night, lege
Chicago, and the Celestial Gt
q his mar. Chow Lam IS the cisco
laman'E name. TIE -0Tfcernar,s r,sr,e a. r,ar.